Presence and dialogue: The need for balance in remote tertiary education

This paper will highlight how Indigenous people use their education to transgress boundaries through contestation at the local and national levels. As well, the paper will trace the writer's educational background to highlight the importance of presence and dialogue in processes where understanding is required in language, self and practice. Also addressed are continuing issues in Indigenous adult tutelage and underpinning arguments against a shift to external print based methods of delivery thus, a call for balance in delivery. Finally, there is a strong mapping of methods with rights as central, critical approaches as fundamental and safety as a framework.